India News | BJP Announces 132-member Committee for J&K Assembly Polls

Jammu, Aug 8 (PTI) The BJP announced a 132-member State Election Management (SEM) committee on Thursday for the forthcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.

Three-time MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, who was recently appointed as a whip in the Lok Sabha, has been nominated as the chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election campaign committee, a spokesperson of the party said.

Also Read | Pawan Kalyan Takes Potshots at Allu Arjun’s Pushpa? Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM's 'Smuggler as Hero' Remark Takes Social Media by Storm.

Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina, in consultation with the party's national president, J P Nadda, G Kishan Reddy, Union minister and the party's election in-charge for the Union Territory, and BJP national general secretary and Jammu and Kashmir Prabhari Tarun Chugh, announced the election management committee, with Sharma nominated as its chairman, the spokesperson said.

Assem Gupta has been nominated as the convenor and Rajiv Jasrotia, Pawan Khajuria and Shouqat Gayoor Andrabi as committee co-convenors, he added.

Also Read | Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign: 3rd Edition of 'Har Ghar Tiranga' Will Be Celebrated From August 9-15 as Part of Independence Day Celebrations.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)